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Bruiser

noun
1.
A large and strong and heavyset man.  Synonyms: bull, Samson, strapper.  "A thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he got"



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"Bruiser" Quotes from Famous Books



... o' learnin' Than tells his weekly earnin', Yet, right frae wrang discernin', Tho' brave, nae bruiser he! Tho' he no worth a plack[6] is, His ain coat on his back is; And nane can say that black is The white o' Johnnie's e'e [Footnote 6: Plack a small copper coin, worth ...
— Northumberland Yesterday and To-day • Jean F. Terry

... prize-fighter," said the other, in awe-inspiring tones; "'the Battersea Bruiser.' Consequently when he clapped me on the back, and asked me when the banns was to be, ...
— Many Cargoes • W.W. Jacobs

... bruiser and breaker Of kings and the creatures of kings, I shouted on Freedom to shake her Feet loose of the fetter that clings; Far rolling my ravenous red eye, And lifting a mutinous lid, To all monarchs and matrons I said I ...
— The Battle of the Bays • Owen Seaman

... the largest and most pretentious of Sydney Town's "pubs," or taverns, was The Broken Bottle, kept by a former English pugilist from Botany Bay. He was known as Bruiser Jake, could neither read nor write and was shaped very much like a log, his neck being as large as his head. It was said that the Australian authorities had tried to hang him several times, but failed because the noose slipped over his chin and ears, refusing its usual function. ...
— Port O' Gold • Louis John Stellman



Words linked to "Bruiser" :   man, adult male, Samson, Louis the Bruiser, bruise



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